Stalk -
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It is a little confusing- think of it like this
1. Tezcat starts to exist (nothing else exists yet, it is simply a being that has the power to create things out of nothingness)
2. The being creates Quetzalcoatl
3. The being creates the universe and everything else and in this also creates Xolotl (along with the life he creates Xolotl also comes to take it away after a set time)
4. The humans start worshipping the being, so the being takes on a name and an appearance that is similar to how they picture him although technically he doesn't have neither gender nor a name, he just goes by what the Aztecs named him
5. After that everything progresses and the Guardians come to power slowly, being picked from the humans
Oh yes there were four original Guardians too, Chronos, Erebus, Helios and Chronos' consort Ananke,,,, to make it even more confusing ;)
Along with the Elementals who also were created around the same time as everything else
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Ahahhh yes me too, I recently finished watching a series that inspired me to to some more nonsensical intricacy lmao